Month: July 2020

12:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Nate Pearson was not included on the Toronto Blue Jays‘ 30-man roster for Friday’s opener at Tampa Bay, a move that likely will delay free-agent eligibility of the hard-throwing right-hander by a year, i.e., until after the 2026 season. Pearson, who turns 24 on Aug. 20, was 5-4
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12:57 PM ET A one-of-a-kind Mike Trout baseball card is set to go up for auction with a minimum bid of $1 million. Only one autographed Mike Trout rookie card was included in the 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Superfractor series. The card is in mint condition, graded by Beckett Grading Service as a Mint
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10:46 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians will consult with Native American groups as the team considers changing its name for the first time since 1915. Owner Paul Dolan gave more details about the steps the team is undertaking on a potential name change amid a national movement to remove racist symbols
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2:15 PM ET Boston Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez had “minor complications” following his bout with the coronavirus and was being shut down from all baseball activities, manager Ron Roenicke said Thursday. “We’re taking everything very seriously in this matter,” Roenicke said. Roenicke said Rodriguez, who was projected to be the Red Sox’s No. 1
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2:31 PM ET Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Thursday’s night’s season opener against the New York Yankees, general manager Mike Rizzo said. Rizzo said that Soto was asymptomatic and that no one else on the roster was deemed ineligible following contact tracing. Soto needs two negative
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12:08 PM ET When NHL Seattle first installed signage on its downtown office in 2018, employees arrived at work the next morning to a surprise. Stuck to the door was a Post-it note with a handwritten message: “Release the Kraken.” “That may have been the first time I heard or thought of Kraken,” said Heidi
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